Savings-bank



A. M. BAKER.

SAVINGS BANK. APPLICATION FILED IAN. l8. I9l8.

1,271,416. PdtentedJul'y 2,1913; A 5 2 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AIMIE' M. BAKER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SAVINGS-BANK.

. useful Improvements in Savings-Banks, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class ofsavings banks that are moreespecially intended to receive and hold coins of different de-.

nominations; and has for its principal ob-.

ject to provide a device in which the coin slots are yieldingly guardedto permit of the free insertion of coins but automatically obstructedagainst the return of the same.

With this and other objects in view, ref erence is had to the drawings,in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a device embodying the improvedfeatures.

Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section on line 2 Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 1s a detached detail of'construction.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line 1, Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a broken away detail of the lower end of the receptacleshowing a part of the locking feature, in perspective.

Fig. 6 is a detached plan of the removable bottom. p

The savings bank receptacle A is of sheet metal and has a contourcorresponding to that of an'elongated cannon projectile having a conicalointed end B, and is provided with a coin s 0t 7. A bracket C is securedto the innerside of the receptacle and is provided with a coin slot 8registering in alinement with the slot 7, as best shown in Fig. 2. Thebracket 0 is curved to correspond to a drop lug 9 perforated for theinsertion of the fastenmg rivets 10 in retaining the same in place. Anumber of balls 11 are loosely inserted in the chamber 12 formed inbracket 0, and

,positioned normally to close the coin slots,

as shown in Fig. 2. A curved piece of rod or bar 13 is placed in thebottom of chamber 12 andprovides a seat for the balls yieldinglyguarding the coin slots. The diameter of the balls is greater than thewidth of the coin slots and they are so located that the entering edgeof a coin or other object will contact with the balls below the centerline and raise the same up into the space 14 of chamber 12 and uncoverthe coin sIots and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1918.

Application filed January 18, 1918. Serial No. 212,499.

afi'ord free entrance to the receptacle. \Vhen the pressure on the guardballs is relaxed they will gravitate to their closing position. Thecurved rod element 13 is held loosely in place and when the bankreceptacle is inverted and stood on its pointed end, the rod will followthe movement of the balls as they drop into space 14: and in turn closethe coin-slots against the removal of any of the bank contents. r

The device is provided with means whereby the contents of the bankreceptacle may be properly and conveniently removed at any time.

The receptacle is provided with a removable bottom 15 having areinforcing bottom rim edge 16 and an annular vertical flange which. areadapted to engage theangle slots 23 formed in the lower end of thereceptacle, as shown in Fig. 5. When the bottom is to be placed in itsclosing position it should be held so that the studs 22 will enter the'ver tical part of slots 23 and then turn the bottom so that the studswill engage the hori zontal angle of the locking slots. The bolt 20 isthen thrown into its locking position (Fig. 2) by a proper manipulationof the key 24. I

It will be noted that the bracket being 311-: gular in cross section andbeing curved braces the thin metal shell, at the point Where it needsbracing, and prevents defor- -mation of the wallsiof slot 7, by theinsertion of an instrument therethrough. Even though a blade be used todeform the slot 7 it could not be used efi'ectively to bend the walls ofslot 7, because of the shape of the bracket.

The balls 11 in order to rotate freely are slightly spaced apart, and ifthere were two series of balls, in place of one series and the bar 13,the upper series would be liable to become alternately arranged withrelation to the lower series, and they would dro down too far, makingthese upper he] s somewhat obstructive to the entrance of a coin. Thebar 13 however prevents the undue depression of the balls 11 andsupports the balls so that they can be plainly seen through the slot,thebar'guiding the coin.

lating an explosive shell, the wall of the shell having a coin slot,disposed in a plane at, ri ht angles to the longitudinal axisof the sell, means for guarding the slot comprising a plurality of freelymovable balls supported behind the slot, nd observable therethrough, arod on which the balls normally rest by gravity, said rod beingsupported normall in a position behind the ower wall of t e slot, andmeans for supporting the rod and balls, preventing lateral movement oftheballs and rod, but permitting limited vertical movement.

2. A coin receptacle of thin metal and havinga base, and a coin slotparallel to the base, and means for guarding the coin slot, comprising abracket attached to the wall wind formed to provide a channel longerthan the slot, wider. than the slot, and closed at its ends, there beinga slot in the channel behind the ,coin slot, a rod loosely disposed inthe channel and a plurality of loose balls in the channel, normally incontact with the rod, the rod being normally just below the coin slot,with the balls resting by gravity thereon.

In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature in thepresence oftwo witnesses.

' AIMIE M. BAKER.

Witnesses: 4

WALTER J. BAKER, L. B. Gourmnn.

